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Painted said:

And then he pinned his snarky response for all to see as well.

I've noticed Mr. Goodin's articles frequently include deep technical detail about what an attack is, but usually zero information on how to detect if you're infected or how to mitigate the situation.

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My innovative solution to the problem rests here:

I recommend Cinnamon for folks used to Windows, since it has a default desktop that works pretty much exactly like Windows Explorer.

Then you don't really have as much to worry about, at least from Windows. And you don't have to worry about involuntary upgrades (or even updates), since you have full control and decisions over that.

If you can't live without Windows, then dual boot and run Windows only when you need to. I expect you'll find over time that those reasons won't be popping up as often.

YMMV on your experience, but if it full on sucks with Windows, it's going to at least be rid of their tendency to treat YOUR property as if THEY own it.